European perch: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the European perch lives – recorded in 17 countries, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Perca fluviatilis
Group	Bony fish
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	17 countries
Continents	Europe, Oceania
Class	Ray-finned fish
Order	Perciformes
Family	Percidae

Where does the European perch live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the European perch in 17 countries and territories across Europe and Oceania. In Russia it is listed as introduced (GRIIS checklists via GBIF).

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the European perch endangered?

The European perch’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the European perch?

The European perch (Perca fluviatilis) is a ray-finned fish in the order Perciformes and the family Percidae, genus Perca. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the European perch

The European perch (Perca fluviatilis), also known as the common perch, redfin perch, big-scaled redfin, English perch, Euro perch, Eurasian perch, Eurasian river perch, Hatch, poor man's rockfish or in Anglophone parts of Europe, simply the perch, is a predatory freshwater fish native to Europe and North Asia. It is the type species of the genus Perca.

The perch is a popular predatory game fish for recreational anglers, and has been widely introduced beyond its native Eurasian habitats into Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. Known locally simply as "redfin", they have caused substantial damage to native fish populations in Australia and have been proclaimed a noxious species in New South Wales.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article European perch (revision 1370682385), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q166812 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).